Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy, and happiness is found in benefiting others.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

Wisdom and compassion must be developed equally and harmoniously.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

The grass is greener where you water it.

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

The way to change the world is to change your own mind.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

Life is available only in the present moment.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.